Panels with edge reinforcement

Abstract

A set of panels including a first panel, a second panel and a mechanical locking device for locking the first panel to the second panel. The first panel includes a first edge and a first panel surface and the second panel includes a second edge and a second panel surface. The first edge includes a first edge reinforcement in a first edge reinforcement groove, wherein the first edge reinforcement groove is a first drill hole, and/or the second edge includes a second edge reinforcement, wherein the second edge reinforcement is in a second edge reinforcement groove, wherein the second edge reinforcement groove is a second drill hole.

1 . A set of panels comprising a first panel, a second panel and a mechanical locking device for locking the first panel to the second panel, wherein the first panel comprises a first edge and a first panel surface and the second panel comprises a second edge and a second panel surface, wherein:
 the first edge comprises a first edge reinforcement in a first edge reinforcement groove, wherein the first edge reinforcement groove is a first drill hole; and   the second edge comprises a second edge reinforcement, wherein the second edge reinforcement is in a second edge reinforcement groove, wherein the second edge reinforcement groove is a second drill hole, and wherein the first edge reinforcement and the second edge reinforcement cooperate in a locked position of the first and second panels.   
     
     
         2 . The set as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the mechanical locking device for locking the first panel to the second panel comprises a tongue at the first edge and a tongue groove at the second edge. 
     
     
         3 . The set as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the tongue comprises the first edge reinforcement. 
     
     
         4 . The set as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the tongue groove comprises the second edge reinforcement. 
     
     
         5 . The set as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the first and/or the second edge reinforcement comprises wood, a wood composite, a polymer material a polymeric curing mass, or mixtures thereof. 
     
     
         6 . The set as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the first and/or the second edge reinforcement is a pin. 
     
     
         7 . The set as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the center line of the first edge reinforcement groove is essentially parallel with the first panel surface of the first panel. 
     
     
         8 . The set as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the center line of the second edge reinforcement groove is essentially parallel with the second panel surface of the second panel. 
     
     
         9 . The set as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the center line of the first edge reinforcement groove is essentially perpendicular to the first panel surface of the first panel. 
     
     
         10 . The set as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the center line of the second edge reinforcement groove is essentially perpendicular to the second panel surface of the second panel. 
     
     
         11 . The set as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the first and/or second edge reinforcement is part of the mechanical locking device. 
     
     
         12 . The set as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the mechanical locking device comprises a flexible tongue in an insertion groove. 
     
     
         13 . The set as claimed in  claim 12 , wherein a locking surface, configured to cooperate with the flexible tongue when the first and second panel are in the locked position, is located on the first and/or second edge reinforcement. 
     
     
         14 . The set as claimed in  claim 12 , wherein the insertion groove is positioned in the first and/or second edge reinforcement. 
     
     
         15 . The set as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the core of the first and/or second panel comprises particleboard, MDF, HDF, OSB, WPC, plywood, solid wood, and/or polymeric material. 
     
     
         16 . The set as claimed in  claim 15 , wherein the core comprising polymeric material comprises fillers. 
     
     
         17 . A method of providing a first panel and/or a second panel with a first and/or second edge reinforcement, the first and/or second panel comprising a mechanical locking device, wherein the first panel comprises a first edge and a first panel surface and the second panel comprises a second edge and a second panel surface, comprising providing the first and/or second edge with a first and/or second edge reinforcement groove of a cylindrical shape, arranging the first and/or second edge reinforcement in the first and/or second edge reinforcement groove and forming a mechanical locking device at the first and/or second edge by mechanical cutting. 
     
     
         18 . The method as claimed in  claim 17 , wherein the step of providing the first and/or second edge with a first and/or second edge reinforcement groove is done by drilling or milling. 
     
     
         19 . The method as claimed in  claim 17 , wherein the center line of the first and/or second edge reinforcement groove is essentially parallel to the first panel surface and the second panel surface, respectively, and perpendicular to the first edge and second edge respectively. 
     
     
         20 . The method as claimed in  claim 19 , wherein the center line of the first and/or second edge reinforcement groove is essentially parallel to the first panel surface and the second panel surface, respectively, and at an acute angle to the first edge and second edge, respectively. 
     
     
         21 . The method as claimed in  claim 17 , wherein the arranging of the first and/or second edge reinforcement in the first and/or second edge reinforcement groove is done before the mechanical cutting. 
     
     
         22 . The method as claimed in  claim 17 , wherein the method comprises forming of the first and/or second edge reinforcement by mechanical cutting.